Example sentences for: emir

How can you use “emir” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Some lawmakers who say they support women's rights say they voted no out of principle: the emir's decree undermined the house's authority.

  • Kuwait's parliament rejected by 41-21 a decree by the emir granting women the right to vote and run for office.

  • Foreign Broadcast Information Service), which was published for a large Arab world audience and signed by Usama Bin Ladin, Ayman al Zawahiri (emir of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad), Abu Yasir Rifa'i Ahmad Taha (leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group), Mir Hamzah (secretary of the Jamiat ul Ulema e Pakistan), and Fazlul Rahman (head of the Jihad Movement in Bangladesh).

  • According to KSM, Bin Ladin moved to Kandahar "by order of Emir Al-Mouminin," that is, Mullah Omar.

  • Though Azzam had been considered number one in the MAK, by August 1988 Bin Ladin was clearly the leader (emir) of al Qaeda.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast